This petition aims to modify the proposed development plans for 3333 Mission Street(aka 190 Coleridge Street).  We want to save the current park size, while keeping the number of new units to be built. Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center/Housing Corporation plans to add 105 new units to the neighborhood while reducing the park size by almost half! (35 units at 3300 Mission Street and 70 units at 3333 Mission Street-aka 190 Coleridge Street).

Since 1987, Coleridge Street Park has been valued as an accessible open space in our hilly neighborhood. The site of many children's birthday parties and family gatherings, the park also serves the many family daycares close by.  

Coleridge Street Neighbors, the largest and oldest existing neighborhood organization in the Bernal Heights neighborhood of San Francisco, has long supported Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center’s anti-gentrification policy to develop affordable housing in our neighborhood. In 1986-87, the two organizations collaborated successfully to build the current park and low-income senior units at Coleridge Park Homes(190 Coleridge Street). The finished design has served our neighborhood for decades. Many senior residents are members of our organization.

The park has been closed since Covid and not reopened due to "maintenance/safety issues". Despite being a neighborhood center, BHNC apparently is no longer willing to engage the very neighbors it purports to represent.  Rather than working with CSN to honor their historic 1987 property agreement, BHNC has instead chosen to approach neighbors individually. Acting neither with transparency nor in good faith, neighbors learn of BHNC/BHHC plans only after they have already been released to the press. Particularly disturbing is the failure of clear and consistent communication--even with their own senior residents which has led to serious anxiety and distress. 

We deeply care about preserving the integrity of our neighborhood, a sentiment many of us hold dear. Admittedly, there are neighbors who would prefer the project never be built.  Many of us, however, welcome more affordable senior units in our community. Yet, by labeling all of us as NIMBY’s, neighborhood input is discredited and BHNC is wiping its hands of those of us wanting to work cooperatively.  
 
We, the undersigned, welcome affordable senior housing in our community while we also seek to preserve our prized open space for current and future generations. We believe, since neighborhood centers receive much of their funding from the city of San Francisco, they should be required to work cooperatively with residents in the neighborhoods they are supposed to represent.  

Therefore, we implore our local government and planning department to consider the above factors. We respectfully request changes to the plans/design and ask for the reopening of our park in its current size. 

Take action today; your voice could save our park, while adding senior housing to our community. Please sign this petition.